Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-02-10

ton is engaged in the purchase and sale of
horses and has been very successful in plac.
ing them lie has on hand at present a
fine lot and parties in need of good horses
will be benefited by calling upon him.
SPECIAL RATEs.-Wc offer exceptionally
low rates tor public sale adv's. during the
sale season and yet We find few willing to
, avail themselves Of the privilege. We send
over 400 papers within II radius of eight
, miles and several dollars invested in an adj
! vcrtiscmrnt would assrredy supplement the
! work of the posters to an amount faar atmvc
| the cost. We notice other localities, where
, in the people invariably place an advcrti1e-
men, ia the local newspaper; it has never
been the rule hclc Try ii =; we are assured
that the return will Justify the outlay.
! RELLGIoVs.-Thr fourth Quarterly Con-
ference of Mcchanicstown Circuit will occur
next Saturday at p ~. There will he
/ preaching ON Saturday night and the usual
services on Sabbath. The meeting will he
conducted during the week hy Rev. A. VI.
Evcrs, presiding elder, and Rev. G.. |. Is
! Branc of lIagcrstown
g. J RoudahuSh. Pastor.
! Rev. W {. Wire, pastor Of the Lutheran
, Church in this place, occupied the pulpit IN
! the L. i Church on sabbath morning and
! preached an eloquent and instructive ser
mon fro,n Cor ?, IBID
! FIEM DlssolvED.- The firm of Krvscr
and Black, undcrtakcrs dealers in and man
ufacturcrs Of furniture has been dissolved by
mutual consent. Mr.. Gco. D. Kryscr will
continue the business here AMI Mr.. Chas G..
| Black, the retiring member Of the firm
! has located in Woodsboro'. Mr.. Black will
give his attention entirely to the manutac.
,urcr OF furniture and will not become an
undertaken. There is excellent promise Of
good business opportunity in Woodsboro,
and we feel assured that Mr.. b., will
thoroughly avail himself Of it. Mr.. kcyscr
has made himsclfa name here as an enter,
prising man and Will do we'll we Know
] lic is at present turning our furniture rapid
ly, preparing for the spring trade.
THE New DErrTy. Mr.. II. J. krisc
called upon us on Monday last, the first that
we have seen of HIM since hi, nomination
for the Office Of Collector. Replying to our
inlimation that his advent into the pleasant
realms of office had not, apparently made
him proud, he insisted upon it that we
were right in our conclusions
We are proud though; Mr.. X. was spccif,
icallv, THE CLARloN's candidate, and more,
it is the first time that VIC ever came out on
top. OF course the result was wholly at,rl-
buable to the great weight ofTHE CLARION,
hut we serve notice here, now and finally,
upon all possible future asp rants that we
+ shall never do So again; first, because fail
urc might ruin our present recognized might
AMI second, should we prove allpo~crtul IL
second time, we feel that We should l9come
, ovrrhearing and dictatoral and our better
nature shrinks from the contemplation Of
such a destiny. The risk in either case is
, enormous and we are quite determined.
A DorBLr WEDDING--~A double we'd
ding took place in Mt st Mary's Church.
an event that has, not occurred for forty
yrals-bc,wcrn and 3 O'Clock on Monday
, morning Of last week. Nv. Edward =.
Allen officiating. The contracting parties
were Mr. William ). Waiter and Miss Mary
Hopp, and Nr Henry SOFT and Miss Sadie
! EI"pp. After tho c.romony they returned
TO the hone Of the brides father, where they
! ruoyt,l = ,loas,nt bru.kt-.,. GA Tuesday
:. sump,Uouo Dime ">5 Lived at the resi-
den, { of Mr.. S. Walter. father Of groom No,
Il. All enjoyed themselves immensely, and
, were sorry when the time came for them to
depart. Next week they start on Il wed.
ding ,onr TO Chicago, where they vii visit
the brides brother, and the good wishes of
their numerous friends will accompany
them -(hrohnic.
We received ,st week like item to that
above, but as no signature was appended,
We refused it Il place in our columns, -E.D,
/ CLAKIoN.
The object Of publishing the RE lister
is to make cash, and havI fun. The cash we
vii, make, will no doubt come from sub
scriptions to Il nicely printed eight page pa
per, at one dollar year. The fun WE eX-
poet to have, will he in the collection ofhills
due us, the annoyance Of canvasscrs, and
! sunlry other troubles"
The above is an extract from the Saluta-
tory appearing in the first number, Vol |,
of the Rcistcrstown Register. This prom
isrs to be a bright and readable sheet, but il
Mark Iapley ever came out strong and
was Jolly under the pressure of adverse cir
cumstanccs, we belcyc that right here is a
case hat would have turned HIM green with
envy.
Any nan that can deliberately execute Il
jolity mortgage upon his future, rcdcema
bic in newspaper subscription collections
could discount Tapley and give him SOME
points in the game. The business manager
Alex Rich, is not without experience and
lie has lots Of energy We shall expect the
Rrr'4ter to succeed hu, " i'll aNalt So icnrl